http://grassrootsmodern.com A shelter blog focusing on affordable modern furniture and accessories. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:15:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week my travels brought me through San Jose airport where I was able to snap a picture of one of my favorite airport wall clocks (above left). The actual clock mechanism is completely flush with the wall, and the wall becomes the clock face. I was hoping ... http://grassrootsmodern.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgrassrootsmodern.com%2F2008%2F10%2F06%2Freal-wall-clock%2F&seed_title=Real+Wall+Clock With the increasing pressure of the economic downturn, Ikea is doing their best to help you keep a couple extra dollars in your pockets. It seems like I have noticed an increase in sales and freebies that they have been offering lately, all of which could potentially save you ... http://grassrootsmodern.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgrassrootsmodern.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fikea-draper-sales%2F&seed_title=Ikea+Draper+Sales If you've been following my tweet's you'll know that I have been traveling for the last couple of days. Yesterday in a long lull of boredom, I took on the challenge of finding something that I would actually buy from the Skymall catalogue. I was pleasantly surprised when ... http://grassrootsmodern.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgrassrootsmodern.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fskuut-bike%2F&seed_title=Skuut+bike Adam Price is at it again, with another art inspired 337 Project aimed at bring the community together. This time he is working in conjunction with the Neighborhood House, a non-profit organization that provides child daycare and and adult day services to the Salt Lake Community. This installation includes art ... http://grassrootsmodern.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgrassrootsmodern.com%2F2008%2F10%2F02%2F337-project-art-on-the-west-side%2F&seed_title=337+Project+-+Art+on+the+west+side I've always loved the all aluminum Emeco chairs, but the $400 price per chair has always kept them in the distance. I ran into these, um interpretations, (read: knock off) called the "Style Oceanic" over at Stack Chair Depot for $112. At that price, I can almost imagine ... http://grassrootsmodern.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgrassrootsmodern.com%2F2008%2F10%2F01%2Fstyle-oceanic-aluminum-chairs%2F&seed_title=Style+Oceanic+Aluminum+Chairs Almost two years ago I posted about Design e2, a PBS show that focuses on sustainable design practices, particularly in our large cities. Truth be told, we don't have a TV at our house, so I never actually got around to seeing any full length shows. If you're ... http://grassrootsmodern.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgrassrootsmodern.com%2F2008%2F09%2F30%2Fdesign-e2-on-hulu%2F&seed_title=Design+e2+on+Hulu Last week was the start of West Coast Green, a yearly conference on green building design and construction. There were lots of big names there like David Suzuki, Sarah Susanka, and Al Gore. Perhaps one of the most significant things to happen this year was the showing of the ... http://grassrootsmodern.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgrassrootsmodern.com%2F2008%2F09%2F30%2Fsg-blocks-container-house%2F&seed_title=SG+Blocks+Container+House I have been vowing for over a year now to get up a decent links section to all the other wonderful blogs that are out there. I'm finally determined to get it done, so if you have a blog that our readers would be interested in, contact me and ... http://grassrootsmodern.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgrassrootsmodern.com%2F2008%2F09%2F29%2Fcalling-all-bloggers%2F&seed_title=Calling+all+bloggers A couple months ago I posted some beautiful salvaged cardboard lights from Graypants. These City Honeycomb Hanging lights share many of the same design cues, even if the core material is plastic instead of cardboard. By by layering the corrugated plastic in alternating patterns, these pendants form a ... http://grassrootsmodern.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgrassrootsmodern.com%2F2008%2F09%2F29%2Fcity-honeycomb-hanging-light%2F&seed_title=City+Honeycomb+Hanging+Light It's been just over two years since I updated the look of the website here at Grasrootsmodern, and in those two years we have seen an incredible amount of growth thanks to you. So much grown in fact that we were starting to look like a fat man in ... http://grassrootsmodern.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgrassrootsmodern.com%2F2008%2F09%2F27%2Fnotice-something-new%2F&seed_title=Notice+something+new%3F